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When film maker Rebecca Hosking and her partner Tim Green explored the implications of peak oil for her family farm, the resulting documentary called A Farm for the Future became a surprise hit on the BBC. Now they are following up with regular blog

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Building a hot compost heap is a rewarding experience for most of us TreeHuggers, but what if you could also use the excess heat from that pile for good? The other day I posted a video on

Back in January I posted about a great video tour of a mature forest garden. Now the same folks have created a superb video introduction to the principles of designing edible polycultures, including some common

Warren's post on how to build a no-dig garden is somewhat of a classic here on TreeHugger. And while the slugs weren't too appetizing, the rest of his slideshow on the produce from that home garden is great inspiration

We've seen inspiring footage of urban farming in Detroit helping families survive, not to mention Growing Power's awesome urban aquaponics and vermiculture project. I've just come across another crew of crazy

Adam Stein once famously derided high-tech vertical farms as pie in the sky, but I've always liked the idea of growing high value produce on the roofs of stores that sell it. After all, who needs to ship those teeny tiny

From Growing Power's urban aquaponics to India's expansion of aquaculture, TreeHugger has offered many posts on ways to make fish farming both more sustainable and more productive. But some of the best ideas may be the oldest. Geoff Lawton—the

I've written before about how to make a hot compost heap, and I've been known to explore navy showers as a way to lessen your environmental impact too. But what if you could combine the two? Specifically, what if you could heat your water using the

From Seedy Sunday's massive seed swap to the celebration of potato day, now is definitely the time of year we turn our thoughts to biodiversity in the garden. And while we continue to get excited about seed libraries as works of

There's no doubt about it, we Brits love potatoes. Lloyd has already marveled at the celebration of "Potato Day", and Bonnie followed up with details on how gardeners across the country gather to marvel at the diverse

From keeping stingless native bees to exploring the secrets of abundant, healthy soils, the folks at Eco Films Australia have some great permaculture-related content online. This latest one is no exception, offering a

With the epic fight to stop Colony Collapse Disorder and save our honeybees still continuing, there's been a renewed interest in bee genetics. In particular, many beekeepers and gardeners are wondering whether hardier,

Whether it's an awesome tour of Mike Feingold's permaculture allotment, footage of the famous Greening the Desert project in Jordan, or the BBC's discovery of forest gardening, we have seen plenty of great videos about

From the Findhorn film's warning that consumer society is impossible without oil, to Escape from Suburbia's search for a life after fossil fuels, we're not short of movies that give a sobering account of

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The Transition Movement has spread like wildfire across the planet. Yet when the Transition USA movement was featured in the New York Times, some interviewees grumbled that the touchy-feely hippy aspects were only